Marianne Micros

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Marianne Micros (born 1943) [1] is a Canadian writer. [2] A retired professor of English at the University of Guelph, her debut short story collection Eye was shortlisted for the 2019 Danuta Gleed Literary Award, [3] and for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2019 Governor General's Awards. [4]

Micros previously published two poetry collections, Upstairs Over the Ice Cream (1979) and Seventeen Trees (2007), and has had both her poetry and short fiction published in literary magazines and anthologies. [2]

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References

  1. "Micros, Marianne, 1943-". VIAF. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 Jeremy Luke Hill, "Folklore and mythology seen through the Eye of Guelph author Marianne Micros". Guelph Mercury , December 8, 2018.
  3. "Debut short-fiction celebrated on Danuta Gleed shortlist". Quill & Quire , May 9, 2019.
  4. "Michael Crummey, Amanda Parris and Armand Garnet Ruffo among 2019 Governor General's Literary Awards finalists". CBC Books, October 2, 2019.